It is a One Way Street

Tom Corbett only investigates Democrats.  When it comes to investigating corruption in the Republican Party, Tom Corbett cuts and runs.

Pennsylvanians, please don’t elect this corrupt politician as our next Governor.

The Killing Clubs – UPDATED

This is as bad as dog fighting.

Those involved in pigeon shoots are also known to be involved in other acts of cruelty, like assault.

And then there is District Attorney John T. Adams…

(wow… he mentions Puppies)

You can help put an end to this animal cruelty.  Visit PennsylvaniaShame.com .

UPDATE:

You can read more about this act of animal cruelty here and here.

UPDATE 2:

Pike Sportsmen’s Club no longer holds live pigeon shoots.

Assailant Flees Crime Scene – UPDATE

Not only do the slob hunters show their cowardice by shooting captured birds, they flee the scene of a crime.  If you recognize this person, notify the Pennsylvania State Police.

Is this one of the cases that District Attorney John Adams wants dismissed?  Does Tom Caltigirone and Mike O’Pake support criminal acts against people in Berks County?  What is reason behind District Attorney John Adams, Legislator Tom Caltigirone and Senator Mike O’Pake supporting these pigeon shoots?  Would campaign contributions from the Victory Flyers PAC have anything to do with the continuation of these acts of animal cruelty?  Not only are defenseless pigeons being abused, now people are being attacked.

You can contact your PA State Legislator and Tom Caltigirone here:  http://www.legis.state.pa.us/

You can contact your PA State Senator and Mike O’Pake here:  http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/legis/home/find.cfm

You can contact the Berks County District Attorney here:  http://www.co.berks.pa.us/da/site/default.asp

Stay tuned…

UPDATE:  District Attorney John Adams received $1000.00 in campaign funds from the PA Victory Flyers PAC.

Puppy Shoots – UPDATED

If this cute little puppy was captured on the streets of New York City, placed in a cage and not allowed to eat or drink water for one week and then taken to a sportman’s club, tossed into the air so that slob hunters could shoot it full of shotgun pellets and then tossed into a trash can while still alive and slowly dying, the residents of Pike Township and Pennsylvania would be up in arms, protesting in the streets and writing letters to the editor and to their State Senators and State Legislators to put a stop to this cruel and inhumane practice.  Well, this is what is happening to pigeons.  They are captured on the streets of New York City, starved and then tossed into the air so that Elmer Fudd can take a shot at these defenseless birds.  This happens two to three times a year at the Pike Sportsmens Club in Pike Township.  The Pike Sportsmens Club no longer holds live pigeon shoots.

Here’s a link to a recent report by Channel 10 News, Philadelphia, Pa.

There is a court challenge to this pigeon shoot which Berks County District Attorney John T. Adams is refusing to persue.  Is he refusing because he receives money from the Flyers Victory Club, a PAC devoted to promoting animal cruelty?

State Senator Mike O’Pake will not support ending live pigeon shoots and State Legislator, Tom Caltigirone will not allow the house bill that bans live pigeon shoots to come to the floor for a vote.

Dogs are considered “man’s best friend” and it is true, that many dogs have saved people’s lives.  Another fact is that pigeons are also friends to man.  Pigeons were used as carriers during the World Wars and the messages that they carried saved people’s lives.  A pigeon is also a religious symbol and represents the Holy Spirit of the Christian Trinity. Read some more facts about pigeons.   The slob hunters are ignorant and pigeon shoots are about money.  This is a gambling event.

We pressured Harrisburg to put an end to puppy mills.  Why isn’t Harrisburg putting an end to live pigeon shoots?  Guess pigeons just aren’t as cute as puppies.

(No puppies were harmed during the writing of this thread.  All the puppies in these pictures come from loving homes)

UPDATE:  Pike Sportmen’s Club no longer holds live pigeon shoots but there are other clubs that still hold these games of animal cruelty.

Slob Hunters Pennsylvania’s Disgrace

It’s time to end these pigeon shoots in Pennsylvania. From the Pocono Record…

Live pigeon shoots should be outlawed. So should tethered turkey shoots. Yet in Pennsylvania, these inhumane activities continue.

State representatives John Siptroth, D-189, and Mike Carroll, D-118, are backing a bill that would ban such practices. State Sen. Pat Browne, R-16, is sponsoring a companion bill, S.B. 843. Both H.B. 1411 and S.B. 843 would ban the use of live animals or fowl for targets at a trap shoot or block shoot. Neither bill would affect traditional hunting; both apply only to shoots in which captive birds are launched from boxes in front of the shooter (pigeon shoots) or are tethered in place so they cannot escape (turkey shoots). The bills would make organizing, operating or conducting such a shoot a summary offense.

Link to PA House Bill 1411…

See the animal cruelty for yourself…

DO SOMETHING. Call or write to your PA State Legislator and tell him or her to support H.B. 1411. Let’s put a stop to this shameful cruelty. Pigeon shoots are a form of gambling just like dog fights and cock fights and should outlawed. Pennsylvania is the only State that doesn’t outlaw pigeon shoots and turkey shoots. Shame on Pennsylvania.

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Springtime Clips

Ah, the first crocus on the hill!

• Now that I caught you attention with the flowers, there is something that you should know… “big agriculture” sent an email to First Lady, Michelle Obama, opposing the “organic vegetable garden” that she planted at the White House. You can read the complete email by clicking here… Anyone that reads this blog is well aware of how I feel regarding “big agriculture” and their attempt to control the world by owning our food sources. If it was up to “big ag”, home gardens would be against the law unless we plant Monsanto “Franken seeds” and poison our soil with their toxic chemicals.

• And I thought we were onto something here… possibly put an end to more live pigeon shoots in Pennsylvania. On March 14, the National Women’s Humane Society (NWHS) alerted officials to a pigeon shoot that took place in Andulusia. As a result of this action by the NWHS, Philadelphia Gun Club president, was cited for alleged animal cruelty and violation of anti-hunting ordanance within the township. Of course, the gun club is fighting this citation. This isn’t alleged cruelty to animals. It IS cruelty to animals. If you are still not convinced, then watch this video…

• Here is another reason why we need National Health Care. I won’t repeat this story because you can read about it at TheZoo. Here was a person that missed an important doctor’s appointment because he was concerned about mounting health care costs. That’s not right. It’s un-American that our Congress gets great health care paid for by the tax payers while we are left to fend for ourselves.

• There is an approaching storm in Congress regarding President Obama’s budget. The President tells us that he is a “persistent” person and his main focus in the budget is health care reform, education and energy independence. Something tells me that President Obama’s persistence will pay off.

Approaching Thunderstorm

Stop the Killing Fields

Pennsylvania is the only state in the country where live pigeon shoots are still practiced openly and Berks County is where most of them take place. These shoots are held just like clay shoots except live pigeons are launched in the air from traps and shot from 30 yards away. More of these animals are wounded than killed outright. This year, you can help bring these barbaric, cruel events to an end – and prevent tens of thousands of birds from horrendous suffering and cruel deaths. We are very close to ending live pigeon shoots by passing a bill to outlaw this practice in the Pennsylvania legislature. Every “yes” vote will count. Each year, support grows in the legislature to end this practice, and we must make this our year! The difference will be constituent pressure from people like you.

Please send an email or letter to your state representative and state senator asking him/her to support legislation to prohibit live pigeon and other live animal target shoots. If you don’t know your representative or senator or how to contact them – just go to www.legis.state.pa.us/

For more information on pigeon shoots and what you can do to help end this cruelty, see:

https://community.hsus.org/campaign/PA_2009_caged_animal_shoots OR

www.hsus.org/wildlife_abuse/campaigns/contests/pigeon_shoots.html

Interested in knowing more or getting involved in promoting the legislation which will finally bring live pigeon shoots to an end? Contact Heidi Prescott at hprescott@hsus..org The legislative process may be confusing at times, and she will be happy to help you figure out who your legislators are and will send you contact information also.

This is a great opportunity for each one of us to stop a cruel practice that is happening right in our backyards! Please take action. Also, we are tracking the responses of legislators, so please send any feedback you get to hprescott@hsus.org. Most legislators will respond fairly quickly to e-mails.

Thanks again for your help.

In case you missed it the first time…

The Slob Hunters of Pennsylvania

Yesterday, February 14, 2009,  the Pike Sportsmen’s Club held another one of their animal cruelty events.  It was time for another one of those blood letting, cowardly pigeon shoots.

For the past couple of years, there has been legislation sitting in committee that would outlaw pigeon shoots in Pennsylvania.  The NRA does not want this legislation to pass and the PA State Legislators are more beholding to the NRA than they are to their constituents.

These pigeon shoots are not only cruel to animals but they also are cruel to children.  The cowardly gun slingers are opposed to getting themselves dirty or bloody so they pay children to pick up the injured birds.  Notice that I wrote “injured” birds because these pigeons are not killed out right.  They are hit with birdshot and left to die on the field.

Watch this video, if you can stomach it.

Have information about a pigeon shoot?  Call 1-800-637-4124.

And then there are the “Turkey Shoots”.  Warning:  very graphic animal abuse.

Do something… contact your Legislator.  Let’s put a stop to this vile behavior.

Here’s a link and another link to Take Action.

More about pigeon shoots…. and link to SHARK.org….

I’m sure Dick Cheney would enjoy these “canned” bird killings.

Save the Puppies and the Pigeons…

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From the Berks County Humane Society I received an email and I was given permission to post this very important information. I am strongly against pigeon shoots and that is why I am sharing this information. I wasn’t able to read the complete article at the website so I must share it here.

UPDATE:

DO SOMETHING: Link to HB 2130

Senate Bill: SB1150

The Allentown Call tells it like is in this article.

Frankly, I can’t think of anything less sporting than a pigeon shoot, except maybe shooting animals you have tied up. Here’s how it works.

They set up a bunch of ”traps” — small wooden boxes — in one or more shooting rings. When a spring-loaded trap pops open, the dazed bird is propelled out, tries to flutter away and is blasted by Elmer Fudd.

Elmer Fudd is the proper description for these non-sportsmen.

Link to the USA Humane Society

“Shooting pigeons and calling yourself a sportsman is like hiring an escort service and calling yourself a ladies man.

~ by Walter Brasch:

Dave Comroe stepped to the firing line, raised his 12-gauge Browning over and under shotgun, aimed and fired. Before him, a pigeon fell, moments after being released from a box less than 20 yards away. About 25 times that day Comroe fired, hitting about three-fourths of the birds. He was 16 at the time.

“It’s not easy to shoot them,” he says, explaining, “there’s some talent involved. When a live pigeon is released, you have no idea where it’s going.”

Where it’s going is usually no more than five to ten feet from its cage. Many are shot on the ground or while standing on top of the cages, stunned by the noise, unable to fly because of being malnourished, dehydrated, and confined to a small space for hours, often days.

Nevertheless, even with “expert” shooters on the line, only about one-fifth of the pigeons are killed outright, according to Heidi Prescott, senior vice-president of the Humane Society of the United States. About a tenth of the birds usually escape. But about two-thirds are wounded.

“There really isn’t much you can do for a wounded pigeon except put it out of its misery,” says Comroe. Prior to an order in 2002 by the Court of Common Pleas in Berks County, most of the wounded were picked up by trapper boys and girls, some as young as eight years old, who killed the birds by stomping on their bodies, hitting them against structures, stuffing them into sacks, and dumping them, some still breathing, into large barrels. Some also wrung the birds’ necks or ripped them from their bodies. Since that order, the “trappers” are at least 18 years old and have gone “high-tech”; they now use garden shears to sever a bird’s head.

Trappers can’t get all of the birds. Hundreds at a large shoot will fly to surrounding areas and remain untreated as long as several days to die a painful death, says Johnna Seeton, Humane Society police officer. Pigeon shoot organizers do their best to keep observers from the scene, and don’t allow volunteers to pick up and treat wounded birds unless they fly off the property, even if there’s no shooting at the time. “We have only been able to rescue a few birds,” says Seeton.

Dave Comroe, now 32 years old, had begun hunting when he was 12 years old. That first year he killed his only deer. Although he has been deer hunting many times, he says he has “only taken a shot once.” He has gone pheasant and dove hunting about a half dozen times.